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Man, 61, dies after head injury in Southwest Philadelphia fight

No weapon had been recovered as of Saturday night.

File photo of a police car.
File photo of a police car.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

A 61-year-old man died Saturday night after sustaining a head injury in an altercation near Cobbs Creek Park, Philadelphia police said.

The man was struck on the left side of his head just before 8 p.m., inside an apartment in the 5800 block of Florence Avenue.

He was pronounced dead at the scene a half-hour later. No weapon was recovered and no arrest has been made.